REV

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: September 2011
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NAME

rev - reverse lines characterwise

SYNOPSIS

rev [option] [file...]

DESCRIPTION

The rev utility copies the specified files to standard output, reversing the order of characters in every line. If no files are specified, standard input is read.

OPTIONS

-V, --version: Display version information and exit.
-h, --help: Display help text and exit.

AVAILABILITY

The rev command is part of the util-linux package and is available from Linux Kernel Archive